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.\" $Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.44 2024/07/27 19:43:16 tom Exp $
.TH infotocap 1M 2024-07-27 "ncurses 6.5" "User commands"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
.\}
.el \{\
.ie t .ds `` ``
.el   .ds `` ""
.ie t .ds '' ''
.el   .ds '' ""
.\}
.
.SH NAME
\fB\%infotocap\fP \-
convert a \fI\%terminfo\fR description into a \fI\%termcap\fR description
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B infotocap
.RI [ tic-option ]
.I file
\&.\|.\|.
.P
.B "infotocap \-V"
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fB\%infotocap\fP translates terminal descriptions.
It looks in each given text \fIfile\fP for \fI\%terminfo\fP entries and,
for each one found,
it writes an analogous \fI\%termcap\fP description to the standard
output stream.
\fI\%terminfo\fP \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities translate to
\fI\%termcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities.
Because \fI\%termcap\fP is a less expressive format than
\fI\%terminfo\fP,
some capabilities cannot be translated.
.PP
This utility is implemented as a link to \fB\%tic\fP(1M),
with the latter's
.B \-C
option implied.
You can use other \fB\%tic\fP options such as
.BR \-1 ,
.BR \-f ,
.BR \-v ,
.BR \-w ,
and
.BR \-x .
The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fI\%ncurses\fP associated
with this program and exits with a successful status.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /usr/share/terminfo
compiled terminal description database
.SH PORTABILITY
None of X/Open Curses,
Issue 7 (2009),
SVr4,
or NetBSD document this application.
.SH AUTHORS
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
and
.br
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible\-island.net>
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB\%infocmp\fP(1M),
\fB\%tic\fP(1M),
\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
\fB\%terminfo\fP(5)
